Amherst Central High School senior Casey McGuire was the recipient of the Angela Y. Coniglio Memorial Scholarship at Amherst’s Awards Assembly on May 27, 2010. Casey was a three sport athlete throughout her stay at Amherst, excelling in Women’s Varsity Basketball, Women’s Varsity Lacrosse, and as a goalkeeper in Women’s Varsity Soccer. Casey received other awards, including the Amherst Education Association Scholarship for leadership and promise in the field of Education, and she was chosen as the outstanding senior female athlete for the Amherst Avenue of Athletes.  Casey was graduated with a 3.6 grade point average.  All in all, her accomplishments and awards reflect the ideals for which Angela was an advocate.

In 2010, Casey tended goal for Amherst’s Section IV Class C Lacrosse Champions, and was the Buffalo News’ selection as the ECIC III Lacrosse All-Star goalie. She was also a second-team selection, News ECIC III Women’s Basketball All-Star.  She holds the Amherst record in Lacrosse forced turnovers.  See the Appendix for a note from Casey.

         After the awards ceremony, I met Casey’s mom, Mrs. Mary McGuire, who is none other than Mary Jane Sinclair McGuire, who baby-sat Angela when we were neighbors on Maynard Drive. Casey will attend St. Bonaventure University, where she will major in Special Education.  At the end of the 2010 season, Casey was selected to The Buffalo News All-Western New York Lacrosse Team.

         In the summer of 2010, Western New York school districts announced that for the first time ever, and decades after Title IX increased opportunities for women's sports, six local high schools, including Amherst Central, would field teams in a women's ice hockey league.  Angela would say "It's about time!"

         On the 2010 Fourth of July weekend, Angie and I visited Cape Cod, where our family has spent so many happy times.   In South Yarmouth, at the Parker's River bridge, where Angelo and Angela used to go fishing and crabbing, we dropped some of Angela's ashes. As Angela would say, "To be with the other crabs."  The breeze took some ashes North, while the outgoing tide carried the rest South, towards Nantucket Sound and the Atlantic Ocean.  Another voyage for Angela.

 

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Remembering:

Foreword

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Speakers:

i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix

Angela

Epilog:

E 1 E 2 E 3 E 4 E 5 E 6 E 7 E 8 E 9

Appendix